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Home Courses Project Management of Engineering Projects: Preparing for Success Course materials Readings 6.2.1 Project cost estimating

6.2.1 Project cost estimating

Course subject(s) 6. Cost and schedule estimates

Reading material

This is a good moment to do some reading about cost estimating. You will come across different levels of accuracy, while estimating, and these so-called “estimate classes” are explained. Next, the different ingredients of the capital cost estimate are discussed, as well as what methodologies to use in cost estimating.

Read Section 10.1 and 10.2 of chapter 10: Project monitoring and control
(page 177 – 187)

Open this chapter with a click on the link below.

Chapter 10 download

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